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CORSET STAY.

Patented Jan. 10, 1 893.

M. W M N ATTORNEY-5'.

WITNESSES:

JOHN M. VAN ORDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,700, dated January10, 1893..

Application filed October 19, 1892- $erial No. 449,331 (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. VAN ORDEN, of New York city, New York, haveinvented an Improved Corset-Stay, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a corset stay composed of two springs ofunequal length disconnected from each other, but each attached to aninclosing envelope. Thus the springs are held in place and are not aptto break on bending.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a face view partlyin sectionof my improved corset stay. Fig. 2 a longitudinal section thereof andFig. 3 a cross section on line so, as, Fig. 2.

The letters a, and b, represent two springs or corset steels placed oneupon the other. The spring a, is longer than the spring I), so that thetwo ends of spring a, are exposed to an equal extent. Both springs a, b,are inclosed by a tubular envelope 0, of paper or a textile fabricprovided with the metal tips 61. The spring a, is secured on its outerside to the envelope by means of glue or cement a, and the spring I), issecured on its outer side to the envelope bymeans of glue or cement b.

The contiguous faces of the springs a, b, are however disconnected fromone another. The result of this construction is, that the springs aresecurely held in their relative positions. At the same time, when thestay is bent and one spring will thus describe a greater curve than theother, the ends of the shorter spring can move along the exposed ends ofthe longer spring, as on a rail, to compensate for the difference incurvature. The important result gained by this construction, is that thestay will be strained uniformly and can therefore bend freely withoutbreaking. Furthermore any bending of the stay, will cause the shorterspringto project more orless over the longer spring, without affectingthe length of the entire stay.

What I claim is:

A corset stay composed of two springs of unequal length separated fromeach other and of an inclosing envelope to which each of the springs isconnected, substantially as specified.

JOHN M. VAN ORDEN.

Witnesses:

A. JoNeHMANs, F. v. BRIESEN.

